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Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2001
ANALYSIS OF SHAREHOLDING >111
Shareholder information
Significant shareholders of NV
As far as we are aware the only holders of more than 5% of any class of NV shares (apart from Nedamtrust, see page 110)
are Nationale Nederlanden N.V. and Aegon Levensverzekering N.V. The voting rights of such shareholders are the same as for
other holders of the class of share indicated. Details of such holdings on 28 February 2002 are as follows:
Nationale Nederlanden N.V.
> 12 477 469 (2.18%) ordinary shares (6 341 472)
> 20 670 (71.26%) 7% Cumulative Preference Shares (9 377 595)
> 120 092 (74.56%) 6% Cumulative Preference Shares (54 493 740)
> 504 440 (67.26%) 4% Cumulative Preference Shares (22 890 489)
> 21 013 355 (9.94%) 5 eurocents Cumulative Preference Shares (953 545)
Aegon Levensverzekering N.V.
> 59 280 (0.01%) ordinary shares (30 128)
> 4 998 (17.23%) 7% Cumulative Preference Shares (2 266 768)
> 29 540 (18.34%) 6% Cumulative Preference Shares (13 404 668)
> 157 106 (20.95%) 4% Cumulative Preference Shares (7 129 159)
Some of the above holdings are in the form of depositary receipts against NV shares issued by Nedamtrust (see page 110).
There have been no material changes to the holdings of significant shareholders of NV during the three years up to and
including 2001.
Significant shareholders of PLC
The following table gives details of shareholders who held more than 3% of PLC’s shares or deferred stock on 28 February
2002. The voting rights of such shareholders are the same as for other holders of the class of share indicated. We take this
information from the register we hold under section 211 of the UK Companies Act 1985.
Number of Approximate
Title of class Name of holder shares held % held
Deferred Stock Naamlooze Vennootschap Elma £50 000 50
United Holdings Limited £50 000 50
Ordinary shares Trustees of the Leverhulme Trust and the
Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust 156 815 034 5
Brandes Investment Partners L.P. 177 754 236 6
The Capital Group Companies, Inc 145 570 079 5
The holding by Brandes Investments Partners L.P. is on behalf of unaffiliated custodian banks and that of The Capital Group
Companies, Inc. is on behalf of affiliated investment management companies. These holdings were first notified to PLC in
November and December 2000. In May 2000 the Prudential Corporation plc, which had held 3% in both 1999 and
2000, ceased to be a significant shareholder in PLC. Otherwise, there have been no changes to the holdings of significant
shareholders in PLC during the three years up to and including 2001.
Analysis of PLC registered holdings
At 31 December 2001 PLC had 101 822 ordinary shareholdings.
The following table analyses the registered holdings of PLC’s 1.4p ordinary shares at 31 December 2001:
Number Total
Number of shares of holdings % shares held %
1 –1 000 36 014 35.37 20 139 399 0.69
1 001 –2 500 29 583 29.05 49 031 570 1.68
2 501 –5 000 17 526 17.21 62 726 455 2.16
5 001 –10 000 10 487 10.30 73 721 458 2.53
10 001 –25 000 5 385 5.29 81 268 162 2.79
25 001 –50 000 1 184 1.16 41 108 420 1.41
50 001 –100 000 557 0.55 39 581 722 1.36
100 001 –1 000 000 781 0.77 247 143 259 8.49
Over 1 000 000 305 0.30 2 296 738 135 78.89
101 822 100.00 2 911 458 580 100.00